Joe Biden’s Big Voting Rights Speech Had a Gaping Hole

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The president's call to action Tuesday was an important start—but failed to deliver a roadmap for lawmakers to pass the pro-democracy legislation he described.

on Tuesday delivered one of the most stirring speeches of his presidency: a powerful defense of voting rights and democracy, and a searing rebuke ofand his allies in the GOP for their attacks on the electoral system. “There is an unfolding assault taking place in America today—an attempt to suppress and subvert the right to vote in free and fair elections, an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, an assault on who we are as Americans,” Bidenin Philadelphia.

It was, in tone and substance, the kind of assertive use of the bully pulpit that many of those concerned about Republicans’ well-coordinated disenfranchisement campaign have beenout of the president. But for all its verve, it was missing one big thing: a roadmap for lawmakers to pass the pro-democracy legislation he described as a “national imperative.”

 

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Biden doesn’t need to tell Senators how to pass legislation. Also if VF is going to be criticizing this President, I’m going to need to cancel my subscription.

And as we all know, politicians are famous for the detailed descriptions of the actions they call for in speeches because 5 hour speeches are so well received. Crap reporting.

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